Central Goods and Services Tax (Fourth Amendment) Rules, 2023

Last updated: 27 October 2023

Notice Date : 26 October 2023

MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Revenue)
(CENTRAL BOARD OF INDIRECT TAXES AND CUSTOMS)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 26th October, 2023
No. 52/2023 – Central Tax

G.S.R. 798(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by section 164 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017), the Central Government, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017, namely: —

1. Short title and commencement. — (1) These rules may be called the Central Goods and Services Tax (Fourth Amendment) Rules, 2023.

(2) Save as otherwise provided in these rules, they shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), rule 28 shall be renumbered as sub-rule (1) and after the sub-rule as so renumbered, the following sub-rule shall be inserted, namely:-

“(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (1), the value of supply of services by a supplier to a recipient who is a related person, by way of providing corporate guarantee to any banking company or financial institution on behalf of the said recipient, shall be deemed to be one per cent of the amount of such guarantee offered, or the actual consideration, whichever is higher.”.

3. In the said rules, in rule 142, in sub-rule (3), for the words “proper officer shall issue an order”, the words “proper officer shall issue an intimation” shall be substituted.

4. In the said rules, in rule 159, in sub-rule (2), after the words “Commissioner to that effect”, the words “or on expiry of a period of one year from the date of issuance of order under sub-rule (1), whichever is earlier,” shall be inserted.

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